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CVE

CVE-2025-55130

A flaw in Node.js’s Permissions model allows attackers to bypass `--allow-fs-read` and `--allow-fs-write` restrictions using crafted relative symlink paths.
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CVE

CVE-2025-55130

A flaw in Node.js’s Permissions model allows attackers to bypass `--allow-fs-read` and `--allow-fs-write` restrictions using crafted relative symlink paths.

A flaw in Node.js’s Permissions model allows attackers to bypass --allow-fs-read and --allow-fs-write restrictions using crafted relative symlink paths. By chaining directories and symlinks, a script granted access only to the current directory can escape the allowed path and read sensitive files. This breaks the expected isolation guarantees and enables arbitrary file read/write, leading to potential system compromise.

This vulnerability affects users of the permission model on Node.js v20,  v22,  v24, and v25.

Package Versions Affected

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CVSS Version

Severity
Base Score
CVSS Version
Score Vector
C
H
U
9.1
-
3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
C
H
U
0
-
3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
C
H
U
-

Related Resources

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References

https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/december-2025-security-releases

Severity

9.1

CVSS Score
0
10

Basic Information

Ecosystem
Base CVSS
9.1
EPSS Probability
0.00015%
EPSS Percentile
0.0297%
Introduced Version
0b3a10d4c8ba5e15429287e725d22615be896e95,0
Fix Available
00d6cd83927d6d5c8fe9d0cdd101daa6df4b1a15,1:24.13.0-1.module+el9.7.0+23894+c8377628,0:3.0.3-3.module+el9.7.0+23894+c8377628,0:2021.06-6.module+el9.7.0+23894+c8377628,3:13.6.233.17-1.24.13.0.1.module+el9.7.0+23894+c8377628,1:11.6.2-1.24.13.0.1.module+el9.7.0+23894+c8377628,0:3.0.1-1.module+el9.7.0+23895+0637d423,0:2021.06-5.module+el9.7.0+23895+0637d423,1:10.8.2-1.20.20.0.1.module+el9.7.0+23895+0637d423,1:20.20.0-1.module+el9.7.0+23895+0637d423,1:22.22.0-1.module+el9.7.0+23896+b5802de9,0:2021.06-5.module+el9.7.0+23896+b5802de9,1:10.9.4-1.22.22.0.1.module+el9.7.0+23896+b5802de9,3:12.4.254.21-1.22.22.0.1.module+el9.7.0+23896+b5802de9,0:3.0.1-1.module+el9.7.0+23896+b5802de9,0:2021.06-5.module+el8.10.0+23591+ff544af9,1:10.8.2-1.20.20.0.1.module+el8.10.0+23905+c49b2aec,1:20.20.0-1.module+el8.10.0+23905+c49b2aec,0:3.0.1-1.module+el8.10.0+23521+490ebfde,1:22.22.0-1.module+el8.10.0+23904+2c92f862,0:3.0.1-1.module+el8.10.0+23474+222d264a,0:2021.06-5.module+el8.10.0+23590+1e59695e,1:10.9.4-1.22.22.0.1.module+el8.10.0+23904+2c92f862,3:12.4.254.21-1.22.22.0.1.module+el8.10.0+23904+2c92f862,3:13.6.233.17-1.24.13.0.0.module+el8.10.0+23888+24fa7806,1:24.13.0-0.module+el8.10.0+23888+24fa7806,0:3.0.3-1.module+el8.10.0+23730+2ad7beb8,1:11.6.2-1.24.13.0.0.module+el8.10.0+23888+24fa7806,0:2021.06-6.module+el8.10.0+23730+2ad7beb8,20.19.2+dfsg-1+deb13u1,22.22.2-r0,24.13.0-r0,22.22.0-r0,1:22.22.0-1.module+el8.10.0+90783+325ded07,0:3.0.1-1.module+el8.10.0+90677+9c05a177,0:2021.06-4.module+el8.10.0+90783+325ded07,1:10.9.4-1.22.22.0.1.module+el8.10.0+90783+325ded07,3:12.4.254.21-1.22.22.0.1.module+el8.10.0+90783+325ded07,1:20.20.0-1.module+el8.10.0+90782+ddd3989e,0:3.0.1-1.module+el8.10.0+90743+b61054a8,1:10.8.2-1.20.20.0.1.module+el8.10.0+90782+ddd3989e,1:24.13.0-0.module+el8.10.0+90779+0cc618fe,0:3.0.3-1.module+el8.10.0+90779+0cc618fe,0:2021.06-6.module+el8.10.0+90779+0cc618fe,1:11.6.2-1.24.13.0.0.module+el8.10.0+90779+0cc618fe,3:13.6.233.17-1.24.13.0.0.module+el8.10.0+90779+0cc618fe,1:20.20.0-1.module+el9.7.0+90815+f9676ed4,0:3.0.1-1.module+el9.7.0+90815+f9676ed4,0:2021.06-5.module+el9.7.0+90815+f9676ed4,1:10.8.2-1.20.20.0.1.module+el9.7.0+90815+f9676ed4,1:22.22.0-1.module+el9.7.0+90816+ad59ca7b,0:3.0.1-1.module+el9.7.0+90816+ad59ca7b,0:2021.06-5.module+el9.7.0+90816+ad59ca7b,1:10.9.4-1.22.22.0.1.module+el9.7.0+90816+ad59ca7b,3:12.4.254.21-1.22.22.0.1.module+el9.7.0+90816+ad59ca7b,1:24.13.0-1.module+el9.7.0+90805+68a1aa93,0:3.0.3-3.module+el9.7.0+90805+68a1aa93,0:2021.06-6.module+el9.7.0+90805+68a1aa93,1:11.6.2-1.24.13.0.1.module+el9.7.0+90805+68a1aa93,3:13.6.233.17-1.24.13.0.1.module+el9.7.0+90805+68a1aa93,1:20.20.0-1.amzn2023.0.1,3:11.3.244.8-1.20.20.0.1.amzn2023.0.1,1:10.8.2-1.20.20.0.1.amzn2023.0.1,1:22.22.0-1.amzn2023.0.1,3:12.4.254.21-1.22.22.0.1.amzn2023.0.1,1:10.9.4-1.22.22.0.1.amzn2023.0.1,1:24.13.0-1.amzn2023.0.1,3:13.6.233.17-1.24.13.0.1.amzn2023.0.1,1:11.6.2-1.24.13.0.1.amzn2023.0.1,20.20.0-r0,25.3.0-r0

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